78 LEPTOCERID.E. 



veins, and with some oblique dark brown streaks, one of them form- 

 ing a curved band across the wing. Length of the body 2| lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Kev. D. F. Morgan. 



Note. The three preceding species are very nearly allied to 

 each other. 



15. MACRONEMA? APICALIS. 

 Testacea ; thoracis dorsum nigrum ; alee apice nigricantes. 



Testaceous : head wanting : disk of the thorax black, clothed 

 with testaceous hairs : wings clothed with testaceous down, and 

 towards the tips with black down ; hind-wings very iridescent. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 6. LEPTONEMA. 



Corpus elongatum. Palpi maxillares 5-articulati ; articulus 

 lus brevis ; 2us lo duplo longior; 3us 2o paullo brevior et crassior; 

 4us validus, li ongitudine ; 5us gracilior, praecedeutibus conjunc- 

 tis longitudine. Palpi labialis triarticulati ; articuli lus et 2us sat 

 longi, sequales ; 3us gracilior lo et 2o conjunctim longior. 



Leptonema, Guerin, Icon. Regne Anim. Texte, 396. 



1. LEPTONEMA PALLIDA. 



Pallide Jlava ; antennis fusco annulatis ; alls cinero-flavis semi- 

 hyalinis. 



Leptonema pallida, Guer. Icon. Regne Anim. Texle, 396. 

 Brazil. 



Genus 7. POLYMOBPHANISUS, m. 



Palpi brevissimi : antennae setaceae, longissimae, gracilliniae : 

 tibiae apice brevi-calcaratae ; tarsi dilatati : alae anticae nudas venulis 

 transversis nonnullis apud areolam costalem. 



This genus seems to indicate an affinity between the Planipen- 

 nides and the Phryganides. Head with a triangular compartment 



